Around them—
Not everyone was as lucky.
One officer tried to dive aside—
But he was too slow.
A strand punched through his shoulder, tearing straight through muscle and bone before driving him into the ground—
SKRRRCH—!
His body jerked violently, breath cut off as blood sprayed outward from the wound.
Another caught worse.
A thinner strand pierced through the side of his neck, entering just below the jaw and exiting through the back—
A wet, choking sound escaped him as he collapsed immediately, rifle slipping from his grip—
THUD—!
A third—
Didn't die.
Not immediately.
A cluster of strands drove into his torso from multiple angles, pinning him upright against a piece of fallen equipment.
One pierced clean through his abdomen, another through his thigh, a third catching his side.
He screamed.
Raw and uncontrolled.
"AAGHH—! GET IT—OFF—!!"
His body convulsed, legs kicking uselessly as he struggled against the impalement, blood pouring down his front in thick streams.
